Celebrate Earth Day Reduce Air Pollution With Apellix™ Drones and NASA Dual-Use Technology

Celebrate Earth Day Reduce Air Pollution With Apellix™ Drones and NASA Dual-Use Technology

Apellix™, a leader in aerial robotic systems for the built environment, announces its participation in Earth Day 2023 with a groundbreaking project to reduce air pollution and smog using drones and a NASA dual-use compound.

The Apellix Breathe project envisions using tethered drones to spray a coating developed by PURETi to transform harmful nitrous oxide gases (NOx), the main component of smog, into simple harmless substances to clean the air, just as plants do.

Robotic Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) for Industrial Field Inspections

Utilizing data from robotic inspection systems, NDE 4.0 increases the lifesaving capability of these inspections by moving human workers from harm’s way, and by enabling more accurate insights into the structures (aka assets) at these facilities and locations

Automated Class 1 Division 2 (ATEX Zone 2) Exterior UT Shell Inspections with Drones

Understand the basic operations and uses of advanced aerial robotic systems (drones) that make physical contact with structures to collect exterior UT measurements at elevations in class 1 div 2 areas within industrial settings including their benefits, limitations, constraints, and disadvantages.

Drones Can Clean the Air and Reduce Smog by Spray Painting Buildings and Structures

Did you know Tethered Drones can spray photocatalytic coatings onto structures that then pull significant quantities of NOx gas out of the air for years?

News reports large cities shut roads, school playgrounds, and more due to heavy smog pollution. Outdoor air pollution is one of the world’s largest health and environmental problems. Smog is a leading risk factor for premature death; responsible for 3.4 million deaths worldwide each year. Apellix drones can spray a specialty coating/paint that takes significant quantities of smog out of the air for years if not decades before needing reapplication. Learn more…

Drone Flights and Operations Near Structures

Flying small uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs aka drones) in proximity and even contacting structures during flight is laden with risk and dangers. There is a reason in aviation history aircraft do not fly near, or contact, structures: it is very dangerous. In addition to the behaviors of environmental variables, such as wind and barometric pressure, creating difficult flight conditions close to structures there are a host of technical issues that can negatively impact drone flights, such as magnetic, electrical, and radio frequency interference. UAV operators need to recognize a drone is a tool and like any tool is best suited for its intended use. Therefore no one should fly a drone near or try to fly it to contact a surface or structure unless the drone has been designed for that type of use or specific use case.